Vocab
A people's identify and way of life, including customs, food, dwellings, structure, ethics, and health/medicine
Culture
On Map 2, what country colonized the land with the letter "C" on it?
Spain
How do scientists think people migrated from Asia to the Americas during the last Ice Age?
A) They sailed across a narrow strait
B) They traveled south from Canada
C) They traveled across a land bridge
D) They sailed to Mexico and then drifted north
C) They traveled across a land bridge
Which of these was a major motivation for European exploration?
A) Profit
B) Leisure
C) Freedom
D) Education
A) Profit
to move from one place and establish a home in a new place. A move of a large number of people is called a migration, and the people are called migrants
Migrate
an area in which a group of peple share a similar culture and language
Cultural Region
On Map 2, what country colonized the land with the letter "A" on it?
France
Why did the first people migrate from Asia to the Americas?
A) in search of food
B) to locate fertile farmland
C) to flee from hostile tribes
D) in search of a better climate
A) in search of food
How did Marco Polo encourage European exploration?
A) He became wealthy after conquering the Incas
B) He wrote a book about his travels in Asia
C) He told stories about his trip around the tip of Africa
D) He brought treasures back from his journey to the Americas
B) He wrote a book about his travels in Asia
On Map #1, what Indigenous region is letter E?
Great Plains
all of the physical surroundings in a place, including land, water, animals, plants, and climate
Environment
On Map #1, what Indigenous region is letter A?
Arctic
Which of these describes how most Indigenous groups viewed their environment?
A) They believed they owned the land on which they lived.
B) They believed that the land should remain unchanged.
C) They believed they were part of a community of living things
D) They believed they were the rulers of the region in which they lived
C) They believed they were part of a community of living things
How did the Columbian Exchange affect many Indigenous people in the Americas?
A) They grew in number
B) They died from diseases
C) They became prosperous
D) They were forced to move
B) They died from diseases
On Map #1, what Indigenous region is letter J?
Southwest
the exchange of plants, animals, and diseases, and people across the Atlantic Ocean between Europe and the Americas
Colombian Exchange
On Map #1, what Indigenous region is letter C?
Eastern Woodlands
Indigenous people of which region lived in a very dry climate?
A) California
B) Great Basin
C) Plateau
D) Southwest
B) Great Basin
Which describes the relationship between the French and Indigenous groups?
A) They were enemies
B) They were business partners
C) The French converted Indigenous people
D) The French enslaved Indigenous people
B) They were business partners
Which of these was a goal of the Spanish conquistadors who came to the Americas?
A) to trade with the native peoples
B) to conquer a large empire for Spain
C) to establish agricultural communities
D) to learn about the culture of the Aztec people
B) to conquer a large empire for Spain
French fur trappers who learned many skills from the Indigenous people with whom they worked and lived
Courers de bois
On Map #1, what Indigenous region is letter G?
Great Plateau
How did the Indigenous groups in the Southeast live?
A) They lived in wooden longhouses in the forest
B) They lived in adobe villages on top of flat mesas
C) They lived in underground pit houses beside major rivers
D) They lived in towns clustered around large earthen mounds.
D) They lived in towns clustered around large earthen mounds.
Why did the London Company send colonists to Virginia?
A) to create maps of the area
B) to establsih a trading post
C) to start a moneymaking colony
D) to make peace with Indigenous people
C) to start a moneymaking colony
Which of these describes the experience of the first Jamestown colonists?
A) They were challenged by the enviornment
B) THey found the area already colonized by the Dutch
C) They were welcomed by Indigenous people
D) They quickly established a prosperous colony
A) They were challenged by the enviornment